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Mellow

Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple.

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Drunk 84% connected

of Drink

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Drunk 84% connected

of Drink

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Gone 84% connected

of Go

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Gone 84% connected

of Go

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Inebriated 84% connected

of Inebriate

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Inebriated 84% connected

of Inebriate

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Intoxicated 84% connected

of Intoxicate

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Intoxicated 84% connected

of Intoxicate

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Mature 84% connected

Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriat…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Mature 84% connected

Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriat…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Relaxed 84% connected

of Relax

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Relaxed 84% connected

of Relax

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Ripe 84% connected

The bank of a river.

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Ripe 84% connected

The bank of a river.

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Ripped 84% connected

of Rip

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Ripped 84% connected

of Rip

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Soft 84% connected

Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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Soft 84% connected

Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Verb group 2

Melt 84% connected

See 2d Milt.

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Melt 84% connected

See 2d Milt.

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Broader term 2

Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Soften 76% connected

To make soft or more soft.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Mellowness 74% connected

Quality or state of being mellow.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Mellowness 74% connected

Quality or state of being mellow.

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Synonym 4

High 92% connected

To hie.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Mellowed 92% connected

of Mellow

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mellowly 92% connected

In a mellow manner.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Melt 92% connected

See 2d Milt.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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